Prohibition Amendment Resolution Filed in Congress
A House of Representatives joint resolution introduced by Rep. Hobson proposes a constitutional amendment banning the sale manufacture for sale and importation of alcohol beverages. The text asserts alcohol as a narcotic poison and outlines enforcement by Congress with state ratification needed. A personal complaint about notices closes the piece.
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House of Representatives
Richmond P. Hobson
Senate
United States of America
Congress
United States
The Workingman and the Saloon
John B. Lannon, AFL treasurer, argues liquor traffic harms workers. He cites abstainers as reliable and notes railroads and other industries refuse workers who frequent taverns. He claims broad support among corporations and predicts an eventual end to liquor traffic.
Personal Liberty and Public Morality in Saloons
The piece argues that saloonkeepers claim freedom to spread disease and vice, asserting education and liberty uplift the masses but the evil persists. It calls for strengthened individual conscience and lawful measures, quoting Edmund Burke on government duty to ease right actions and curb wrong.
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Edmund Burke
Editor Receives A Gem In A Humorous Reader Letter
The Norfolk Presse shares a reader's witty note dated January: I am not a subscriber and never have been since before you bought it. I do not pay the bill you asked me to. I am not to blame for its coming here today.
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Norfolk Presse
Aneer
Hay bin Linc
W. C. T. U. 1912 Meeting Schedule and Hosts
The program lists monthly meetings for 1912 with dates from January to September. Entries name topics such as Mothers Meeting Health and Heredity Franchise and Temple, plus superintendents and hostess assignments like Mrs Lunn Mrs Acheson Mrs Reed and Mrs Warrick. The schedule shows a mix of organizational and social functions throughout the year.
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Lunn
Bowman
Acheson
Franela Willard
Lura Vance
Holly
Laing
Zehrung
Warrick
Temperance
Tash
Reed
Thomas
McCorkle
Cornu
Phelps
Watson
Fair
Bignell
Godfrey
Temple
Lara Vance
Campbell
MINE PROMOTERS INDICTED IN A FRAUD SCHEME
Pleas of not guilty entered in New York by Julian Haw thorne journalist promoter Josiah Quincy ex mayor of Boston transit commissioner Albert Freeman promoter John McKinnon Hawthorne mining officials and Dr William J Horton nerve specialist New York. All charged with misuse of the mails in a scheme to defraud investors in mining stock.
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New York
Julian Hawthorne
Josiah Quincy
Boston
Transit Commission of
Albert Freeman
John McKinnon
Hawthorne Mining Companies
William J. Horton
Robbery on Oregon Express Mail Car in California
Two masked men robbed a Southern Pacific mall car between Red Bluff and Redding, binding three mail clerks and taking all eastern registered mail. The train halted at Redding where the robbers fled with the loot.
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Oregon Express
Southern Pacific
California
Red Bluff
Redding
Markets Report Highlights Mixed Chicago Prices and Receipts
Chicago grain and livestock prices show May wheat at 1.01, corn around 6.44, and hogs near 6.20 to 6.80 with sizable receipts. Beef and cattle values range from 2.10 to 6.70 for cows, steers, and calves, while sheep and lamb markets push toward 2.00 to 7.75 with strong daily volumes.
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Chicago
Icc
South Omaha Livestock Market Report
Cattle receipts 4600 higher by ten cents with beef steers 5.30 to 7.50, cows and heifers 2.00 to 6.00, stockers 4.50 to 6.00, bulls 4.19 to 5.15, calves 4.40 to 7.75. Hog receipts 5800 up five cents with heavy at 4.40 and 6.20 to 6.25, light around 6.15. Sheep receipts 600 higher at 4.00 to 4.50 for wethers, 3.00 to 4.15 for ewes, lambs 3.75 to 6.70.
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Chicago
South Omaha
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